Pick-Me-Ups

    Hello world! Hope all is well out in your beautiful lives. I apologize for Hudson’s lack of posting recently; she has been away in Spain (OoooOOOooooohhhh fancy) getting her yoga certification and so has been rather busy. I am currently sitting at the front desk of my dorm working my 4-6 am shift (which is absolutely dreadful) and have decided to change this post topic. Originally I was going to write about acting and what about acting and performing that makes me love it so much. But, I figured y’all probably want a break from hearing the same speech over again. So yesterday I was having a pretty bad day, it wasn’t terrible but it certainly wasn’t the greatest of days either. So, I went through the same steps I always do when I am having that sort of day to make myself feel better and I thought why not share that with you?

    So as far as bad days go this is my little routine to pick myself up and turn my day around. Personally, I tend to feel better about myself when I am put together and I look presentable. So if I wake up and proceed to have a stressful or a bad morning, I will take a little bit of time out of my day (I understand that sometimes this isn’t an option but it really is worth it if you can spare even ten minutes) and I make myself pretty. I’m sorry if that sounds vain at all but I always am my most confident and happy when I really feel put together. I go into my closet and put together a new outfit that either is my favorite color, or something that I love to wear. I usually do all of this singing and dancing along to Disney Pandora, which will always put a smile on my face no matter what is happening in my life. I’ll mess around with new hairstyles or put on some make up. Sometimes I’ll also do a face or hair mask to feel like I am really taking the time to take care of myself.

    A lot of times I won’t have a lot of extra time to spare to do all of this so then I just resort to the second part of the pick-me-up process, which when it comes down to it is just smiling. And I know that personally when I am having a bad day that is probably the last thing that I think about doing. But it really makes a difference; I try to pick out at least five things that I am grateful for that day. Sometimes it feels really difficult to come up with them, but I truly feel that expending energy on thinking about things that make you happy can really turn your day around.

    And of course I have an absolute last resort if I have completely given up and can’t bring myself to smile, think positively, or put myself together: Disney Pandora. No matter what there is always one song or another that will put a smile on my face and bring some positive magic into my day. So, thank you Mr. Disney.

Stay awesome guys!

Kodi

P.S. Now that I am almost through with my freshman year of college, I will be launching into summer with far more free time so the amount of posts per month should rocket upwards (hopefully).